Staying true to the theme of last week's report, weather windows remained tight this week as Hurricane Idalia fizzled out on her way up the coast. Now we're experiencing the swell from Hurricane Franklin, which, combined with strong tides on the backside of August's super blue moon, is churning up the seas of the northeast.
Western Long Island and NYC Fishing Report Doormats in the surf – 16.8 pound fluke caught in the Fire Island surf on a bucktail. Spanish mackerel arrive in force on the South Shore. Bluefish blitzes across the Western Long Island Sound Striper bite heats up on both shores; matching the hatch is key. Big sharks
Keeper fluke and cobia are caught in the back bays, schoolie stripers and snappers hit the salt marshes at night, and south shore bunker pods host sharks and larger cobia.
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Weakfish are abundant on the North and South shores, bluefish are biting well in the surf and around the jetties, and a new wave of large stripers join the party.